This corporate queen is right – the era of board entitlement must end
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This corporate queen is right – the era of board entitlement must end

Australia’s elite boards are still littered with time-served directors who are part of an entitlement club of similarly minded seat warmers.

  • byElizabeth Knight

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Board directors should serve shorter terms says former CBA chair

Board directors should serve shorter terms says former CBA chair

Former Commonwealth Bank chair Catherine Livingstone says nine-year stints for directors can mean companies miss out on fresh faces at the top.

  • bySumeyya Ilanbey
Australia Day Honours 2024:The full list
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Australia Day Honours 2024:The full list

Explore the full list of recipients in every category for this year’s awards.

Education at the forefront of Australia Day honours

Education at the forefront of Australia Day honours

This year’s Australia Day honours list celebrates the contribution of universities and academics to the nation.

  • byBianca Hall
‘She will certainly be missed’:investors praise outgoing CBA chairman

‘She will certainly be missed’:investors praise outgoing CBA chairman

Catherine Livingstone will retire after leading CBA’s board during a period of major change including a run of damaging scandals.

  • byClancy Yeates
Who wants to be a company director? Top leaders give their tips

Who wants to be a company director? Top leaders give their tips

Demand for company board seats has never been higher but getting a slot at one of Australia’s biggest corporations is not easy. Who you know helps a lot.

  • byAnne Hyland
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Board games:Is a cosy directors’ club a risk to corporate Australia?

Board games:Is a cosy directors’ club a risk to corporate Australia?

A small group of powerful men,and increasingly women,dominate the boards of Australia’s biggest companies. And some fear the group is too small.

  • byAnne Hyland
‘Crisis point’:CBA chairman calls for plan to reopen borders

‘Crisis point’:CBA chairman calls for plan to reopen borders

The chairman of the country’s biggest bank says businesses cannot attract foreign workers to Australia because people worry they’ll be trapped here.

  • byClancy Yeates
CBA avoids strike on pay,pledges to keep'as many as possible'in their homes

CBA avoids strike on pay,pledges to keep'as many as possible'in their homes

CBA has managed to avoid a vote against executive pay while CEO says he will prioritise mediation with customers.

  • byCharlotte Grieve
CBA was'decisive'dealing with misconduct:Ralph Norris hits back at criticism

CBA was'decisive'dealing with misconduct:Ralph Norris hits back at criticism

The former bank boss has taken issue with the characterisation of his time in charge.

  • byMathew Dunckley
Curtain has come down far too soon on banking inquiry

Curtain has come down far too soon on banking inquiry

The Royal Commission into banking has completed its hearings. Did it go far enough?

  • byAdele Ferguson